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Edgar Allan Poe Cottage

The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage is the former home of American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It is located on Kingsbridge Road and the Grand Concourse in the neighborhood of , , a short distance from its original location, and is now in the northern part of Poe Park.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: historic house museum in Bronx, NY
  • Address: 2540 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10458

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kingsbridge Road station and Bronx Library Center.

Metro station
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
The is an express station on the IND Concourse Line of the New York City Subway. Located within the and neighborhoods in , it is served by the D train at all times and the B train weekdays only. is situated 570 feet north of Edgar Allan Poe Cottage.

Library
Photo: Julesantonio7, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a branch of the in the section of in . The library is located at 310 East Kingsbridge Road between Fordham Road and East 192nd Street, two blocks east of the Grand Concourse. is situated 910 feet south of Edgar Allan Poe Cottage.

Metro station
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY 2.0.
The is a local station on the elevated IRT Jerome Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Kingsbridge Road and Jerome Avenue in the neighborhood of , it is served by the 4 train at all times. is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Edgar Allan Poe Cottage.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fordham and Bedford Park.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood located in the western , New York City. is roughly bordered by East 196th Street to the north, the Harlem River to the west, Road to the south, and Southern Boulevard to the east.

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood in the northwest Bronx, New York City, adjacent to the . Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are: Mosholu Parkway to the north, Webster Avenue to the east, East 196th Street to the south, and Jerome Avenue to the west.

Neighborhood
is a residential neighborhood geographically located in the northwest , . Its boundaries are to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, Kingsbridge Road to the south, and the Major Deegan Expressway to the west.

Edgar Allan Poe Cottage

Latitude
40.86551° or 40° 51′ 56″ north
Longitude
-73.89424° or 73° 53′ 39″ west
Elevation
138 feet (42 metres)
Height
22 feet (6.8 metres)
Open location code
87G8V484+68
Open­Street­Map ID
way 276302548
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
6346379
Wiki­data ID
Q2998596
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Edgar Allan Poe Cottage” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Къща музей на Едгар Алън По”
  • Bulgarian: “Къща на Едгар Алън По (Ню Йорк)”
  • Chinese: “埃德加·愛倫·坡小屋”
  • Chinese: “埃德加·爱伦·坡小屋”
  • French: “cottage Edgar Allan Poe”
  • French: “Cottage Edgar Allan Poe”
  • French: “cottage Poe”
  • Hungarian: “Poe Cottage”
  • Turkish: “Edgar Allan Poe Kır Evi”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Edgar Allan Poe Cottage”. Photo: Zoirusha, Public domain.